Umbrella or parasol runner



Remodel) I s. W. EVANS, Jr. UMBRELLA 0R PARASOL RUNNER.

11025937 7 Patented June 20, 1882. 7

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL EVANS, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

UMBRELLA OR 'PARASOL RUNNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,676, dated June 20,1882.

' Application filed March 30, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL W. EVANS, Jr,

a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the cityand county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Umbrella and Parasol Runners, which improvement is fullyset forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the umbrellarunner embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof in line as m, Fig. 1'.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

My invention consists of an umbrella or parasol runner having astruck-up bead surrounding the slot, the edge of which is set out,whereby the runner is strengthened, and said edge does not projectbeyond either the inner or outer surface of the runner, so that it doesnot cut the hand from without or rub the stick from within.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the runner of an umbrella orparasol, having a vertical slot, a, for the spring-catch, which isattached to the stick, as usual. around the wall of 7 said slot a israised or stamped or struck up outwardly, forming a bead, B, which thuscironmseribes said slot, and the edge of the slot is slightly depressed,as at b, so as to set or project in a line within the circle describedby the inner face of the runner and the larger circle described by theouter face of the runner with its raised edge.

It will be seen that the edge of the slotis The metal neither salientfrom within or without. It sets out from the stick, and thus avoidsrubbing or scratching the same. It sets in from the outer surface of therunner, and thus obviates presenting itself to the thumb or fingers inoperating the spring-catch, and avoids cutting coming the objection orremedying the defects in runners as heretofore constructed. Furthermore,the head or rib crimps the metal of the runner and re-enforces the slot,and consequently increases the strength of the runner.

I am aware that it is not new to strengthen the slot of a runner byturning the metal outwardly V on itself, this, however, leaving exposededges, which are rough and liable to cut and tear the hand or glove inoperating the runner. Such construction I do not claim; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I do claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-- The runner having a struck-up beadsurrounding the slot, the edgeof which is set out, whereby the runner isstrengthened, and said edge does not project beyond either the inner orouter surface of the runner, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

S. W. EVANS, J R. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. GRANT.

